Wallonia is one of the three Regions of Belgium—alongside Flanders and Brussels. The Government of Wallonia has been working on SPP since 2013. Two Action Plans for responsible public procurement have been adopted, and SPP is now a part of the Recovery Plan of Wallonia.
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Louise Dessart
Responsible Public Procurement Project Manager
More information? Email procurement@iclei.org
On 29 October 2021, Wallonia adopted its “Recovery plan”, including measures for sustainable public procurement. The projects 302 and 303 encourage transversal activities in SPP. The overall SPP themes include:
Those measures came after two Action Plan for responsible (sustainable) public and will contribute to the achievement of Wallonia’s international commitments in terms of sustainable development, especially SDG 12 on sustainable consumption and production. The main objective is to encourage public procurements without social dumping, SME-friendly, fostering professional insertion, contributing to the fight against climate change and contributing to efficient resources management.
In 2019, the Public Procurement Observatory was created. One of its missions is to carry out monitoring of SPP as well as thematic studies to identify best practices. For example, a study on environmental clauses in public procurements has helped to identify some issues in this field. Consequently, several proposals were made to the Walloon Government to improve the environmental performance of public work procurement.
The Walloon Region has developed several tools to make its public procurement more sustainable.
For further information on the activities of Wallonia visit their website:
or email procurement@iclei.org
The Walloon Region, next to the Government of Flanders, the Brussels Capital Region and the Federal level, has implemented a CO2 performance ladder for procurement in 20 pilot projects in the 2020 – 2022 period, which was already announced in June 2019. The first pilots are in progress (10 are planned and some of them have started).
That instrument that helps organizations reduce their carbon emissions in the organization, in projects and in the business sector.